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Saying It Out Loud

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Her sister's kitchen. Claudia's mother's house, technically, but her sister Rachel uses the kitchen more. Sunday afternoon. The kids are in the backyard. Marcus is watching the game with Rachel's husband. The kitchen is the kind of quiet that happens when two women are alone with coffee and no agend...

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  • Five words — 'I haven't been okay' — a year in the making. The first unperformed sound in twelve months.
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